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New landlord looking for advice (letting fees)

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  • Cakeguts
    Cakeguts Posts: 7,627 Forumite
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    Letting Agents are useless and totally unnecessary. More and more landlords are wising up to this 21st century scam. They are not worth a cent. Just do your research and pull your finger it. Don't let these people extract unearned money from you!

    Ours aren't. It depends.
  • ognum
    ognum Posts: 4,879 Forumite
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    Letting Agents are useless and totally unnecessary. More and more landlords are wising up to this 21st century scam. They are not worth a cent. Just do your research and pull your finger it. Don't let these people extract unearned money from you!

    I disagree!

    Take time and do a lot of research, find an independent agent with a small portfolio of properties to manage.

    Mine are excellent, the tenants think so too.

    Sweeping statements like the one above are ridiculous and indicate a lack of understanding of how some LLs live and the service they want to provide to their tenants.
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